Backspace Is Handsome And Clean, Like You

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Wisely-named indies Megabot have been working on Tron-visualated arena-shooter Backspace for a while, and now they’re starting to show it off, as you can see below via videovision. It’s a handsome thing, the top-down shooter that has played too much Darwinia, or something. My favourite item on their list of features contained in the game is this: “Explore a spherical environment, using teleports to move between multiple layers.” But there’s also: “Carry a mixture of cargo to solve puzzles and powerups for compound combat effects.”

It’s going to appear some time this year, and I want it.

Yeah, the panning shots at the start of the levels make me a bit hungry for these sort of game worlds. Abstract and diaphanous neon for great victory!

Oooo, that does look nice! The mutability of the levels and the way the trangular baddies move (flopping about the triangular grid) really caught my eye, but it also sounds like it’ll be pretty fun. Raiden II’s Purple Bendy Lasers are my all-time favorite shooter powerup, but this one looks to have a little more variety and technique involved than that.